Where he talked about the Middle Earth East and Israel and the Palestinians and various related topics. The speech was followed, coincidentally, by a visit to the White House by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Obama and Netanyahu, suffice to say, don’t seem to see eye to eye, exactly.

Now I know you’ve all come to expect detailed and thoughtful analysis on all things geostrategic from Mister Pterodactyl, but I’m afraid I have to disappoint just this one time. Because when I try to think seriously about all this a single thought always interrupts: